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Local Government Association: Survey of councils with a Housing Revenue Account
21/01/2016

ARCH members will be aware of the Government's proposals for
social housing in the Housing and Planning Bill and Welfare Reform
and Work Bill setting out a range of housing reforms,
including:

proposals to force the sale of vacant high value
properties

to require the reduction of social rents by 1% a year over four
years

to require high income tenants to pay higher rents and

to introduce mandatory 2-5 year fixed term tenancies.

While the implementation detail for some of these reforms is
still to be determined, it's clear they will impact local Housing
Revenue Accounts and in turn the provision of housing for local
communities.

We've has been liaising with the LGA to co-ordinate our
responses to the Government's legislative reforms as they affect
stock retained councils. Tthe LGA has sent every stock holding
council a survey that aims to capture the views of local
authorities on the local impact of these policies to 2020, based on
the current understanding of how these policies will be
implemented.

The results will be used by the LGA and partners (including
ARCH) in seeking to ensure that councils have the flexibilities and
powers to adapt reforms so that they are best able to meet local
housing need.

The survey closes on 28 January 2016 and ARCH is
encouraging all its member councils to respond.